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ktvu's david stevenson joins us live from the scene. we understand there are injuries. >> reporter: that's right. they have just started moving the cable car out of the way, cable car 25. it's an active investigation going on right now with muni workers and the san francisco police department investigating what went wrong with cable car 25 that sent passengers to the hospital. take a look at this video. this happened at about 10:18 this morning. police say the packed cable car was proceeding down powell street. it had just crossed washington street when it stopped short, slamming passengers and crews into windows and each other. one passenger was ejected into the street. >> the cable car was coming down here southbound and it had about 50 passengers on board. when it hit a bolt in the middle of the roadway, it stopped the car dead. we lost one person off of the vehicle, female fell off, hurt her leg. >> the people crashing into each other, and then i, i, i hear scream. >> reporter: that was one of a number of tourists riding on the cabl
ktvu's david stevenson joins us live from the scene. we understand there are injuries. >> reporter: that's right. they have just started moving the cable car out of the way, cable car 25. it's an active investigation going on right now with muni workers and the san francisco police department investigating what went wrong with cable car 25 that sent passengers to the hospital. take a look at this video. this happened at about 10:18 this morning. police say the packed cable car was...
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ktvu's alex savidge -- season of lent. ktvu's alex savidge has more with this means to the catholics in the bay area. >> reporter: well, good afternoon. pope benedict xvi decided to step down, he said, because he just doesn't have the mental and physical strength to lead the catholic church at 85 years of age. parishioners here at st. mary's cathedral in san francisco, certainly caught offguard. many respect the decision. some believe he should have waited until after the easter holiday. the first pope to voluntarily resign in more than 700 years. pope benedict xvi made the stunning announcement this morning from the vatican. it came as a surprise even to his closest advisers. >> absolutely shocked. >> reporter: this was the reaction from the communications director at san francisco's catholic diocese. he says this -- he says this is a wise decision given that the pope feels it would hamper his ability to lead. >> it takes a lot of humility. here he is one of the most powerful people on the planet, in terms of a 1.2 billio
ktvu's alex savidge -- season of lent. ktvu's alex savidge has more with this means to the catholics in the bay area. >> reporter: well, good afternoon. pope benedict xvi decided to step down, he said, because he just doesn't have the mental and physical strength to lead the catholic church at 85 years of age. parishioners here at st. mary's cathedral in san francisco, certainly caught offguard. many respect the decision. some believe he should have waited until after the easter holiday....
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this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> god is good all the time. i am so proud that god brought him through. >> a grateful mother at a bay area courthouse after learning her son will by rested after being falsely convicted years ago. >>> good afternoon, i am tori campbell, a man in prison for nearly 7 years could be released today. brian flores joins us live to let us know why even prosecutors now say the inmate should be cleared. >> reporter: right, tori, ronald ross spend close to 7 years at the prison for a crime that both sides say he was never a part of. we spoke with his mother this afternoon and she says she could not be any more happier. >> i am overwhelmed. i am just praising the lord or jesus christ or lord and savior that he touched the hearts and souls of people to understand and read and see that ronald was innocent. >> reporter: now cameras were not allowed in the courtroom during the hearing today so these are photos of ronald before he was wrongly convicted. these are provided to us by a group called the innocence project at santa c
this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> god is good all the time. i am so proud that god brought him through. >> a grateful mother at a bay area courthouse after learning her son will by rested after being falsely convicted years ago. >>> good afternoon, i am tori campbell, a man in prison for nearly 7 years could be released today. brian flores joins us live to let us know why even prosecutors now say the inmate should be cleared. >> reporter: right, tori, ronald...
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ktvu john sasaki is live with more on how the suspects got into the house. good afternoon. >> reporter: hey tory on the door to this home you can see how this shocking crime began. there is a shoe print next to the doorknob where one of the shooters kicked in that door. here is a view from chopper 2 hours after it happened. this morning two men broke into the home there. three people home, a woman and two of her children were all shot. the son was hit in the face, his mother in the hip and his sister shot in the hand. fortunately all three expected to survive their injuries. the family though is in shock. as yet police don't know what prompted this attack. >> at this point there is nothing to indicate that this was specifically targeted. there are no indications of that. so we are treating this as a random act. >> there was a burglary up the street a couple of months back but the people weren't there and nobody got hurt. but this one, this is crazy. i just don't understand it. >> reporter: the two shooters are described vaguely as one latino man and one afri
ktvu john sasaki is live with more on how the suspects got into the house. good afternoon. >> reporter: hey tory on the door to this home you can see how this shocking crime began. there is a shoe print next to the doorknob where one of the shooters kicked in that door. here is a view from chopper 2 hours after it happened. this morning two men broke into the home there. three people home, a woman and two of her children were all shot. the son was hit in the face, his mother in the hip...
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ktvu's alex savidge is live on yerba buena island. alex, the coast guard is now saying they are not certain this was a legitimate distress call? >> reporter: that's what they are going to look into. they found no signs of the missing pet boat and the commander in charge said they will be looking into the possibility this was a hoax. they also say it wouldn't be the first time somebody has sent south a phony call for help. using c-130 airplanes and coast guard cutters, searchers have scoured the ocean since sunday looking for a family who supposedly abandoned their sinking sale boat 65 miles off the monterey coast. nothing has been found in the water. today the search was called off. the coast guard commander said they are trying to figure out if this was a hoax. >> we are pursuing every avenue and you know, it certainly is a possibility. >> reporter: the coast guard received two distressed calls late sunday from a man who said his boat was sinking. he said there were two adults and two children on board. >> coast guard, coast guard, w
ktvu's alex savidge is live on yerba buena island. alex, the coast guard is now saying they are not certain this was a legitimate distress call? >> reporter: that's what they are going to look into. they found no signs of the missing pet boat and the commander in charge said they will be looking into the possibility this was a hoax. they also say it wouldn't be the first time somebody has sent south a phony call for help. using c-130 airplanes and coast guard cutters, searchers have...
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we will be there and have the latest at 5:00 and 6:00 on ktvu. noel walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> federal authorities this morning announced the arrest of a man accused of trying to set off a car bomb in front of a bank in oakland. >>> the fbi says an agent had been monitoring 28-year-old matthew aron since november and they had neutralized that. he wanted to make it look like that, triggering a reaction and touching off a civil war. >>> police there are still searching for a former cop turned suspected killer. the manhunt is widespread, as far south as the mexican border and as far east as nevada. police say dorner killed the daughter of a retired lapd captain and her fiance and then went on a shooting spree in the l.a. area that killed one police officer and injured two others. law enforcement spent all night searching but have been unable to find him. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live from the newsroom with a new search location that just sprang up. >> reporter: we did receive an update this morning about the effort to find h
we will be there and have the latest at 5:00 and 6:00 on ktvu. noel walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> federal authorities this morning announced the arrest of a man accused of trying to set off a car bomb in front of a bank in oakland. >>> the fbi says an agent had been monitoring 28-year-old matthew aron since november and they had neutralized that. he wanted to make it look like that, triggering a reaction and touching off a civil war. >>> police...
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ktvu's janine de la vega has the chilling details about the threat and what's happening at the house right now. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. we're here on humboldt avenue and california patrol officers are behind me in the home where you see it's being covered up by a blue tarp. they are doing a tedious search for more explosives and dangerous chemicals. they've gone through the house and about two hours ago, they brought out homemade devices that were found. a san jose police bomb vehicle with a trailer attached just hauled away the destructive devices. they were placed in a container that can handle a possible detonation while it's being transported. it's being taken to an undisclosed location where it can be detonated. people in homes nearby were told to shelter in place. we're told that up to five homemade explosives were discovered and there is a chance they could find more. they say the house is extremely cluttered and devices were found throughout the property. >> it's very tedious. due to the fact -- not only are you trying to do the collecting t
ktvu's janine de la vega has the chilling details about the threat and what's happening at the house right now. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. we're here on humboldt avenue and california patrol officers are behind me in the home where you see it's being covered up by a blue tarp. they are doing a tedious search for more explosives and dangerous chemicals. they've gone through the house and about two hours ago, they brought out homemade devices that were found....
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reporting live from santa clara, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. >>> a uc student in santa cruz shot in the head at a bus stop is expected to make a full recovery. the 21-year-old told police she was attacked at this stop near natural bridges state beach monday night. police say a man pointed a rifle and demanded everything she had. the victim was hit in the back of the head by a bullet. >> she was amazing. she was able to keep her wits about her. she was able to pay attention to her surroundings, fight to survive through this ordeal as well as get help. >> doctors were able to remove the bullet which only partially pierced her skull. the gunman is described as light skinned, approximately 5'7" with a medium build. he was wearing jeans, a gray sweat shirt and a red bandanna over his face. >>> santa clara county leaders announced a gun buyback event this morning. san jose mayor chuck reeled was among those who spoke at this morning's announcement. the county will hold the buyback on march 2 at the santa clara county fair grounds. gun owners can turn in their weapons for cash
reporting live from santa clara, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. >>> a uc student in santa cruz shot in the head at a bus stop is expected to make a full recovery. the 21-year-old told police she was attacked at this stop near natural bridges state beach monday night. police say a man pointed a rifle and demanded everything she had. the victim was hit in the back of the head by a bullet. >> she was amazing. she was able to keep her wits about her. she was able to...
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this is the ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >>> a dead body was found here. nobody would feel safe if it happened in their town or city. >> reporter: fairfield police are canvassing the streets looking for answers in the death of a 13-year-old girl. i am torii campbell, the city of fairfield is mourning the death of a 13-year-old girl killed three days ago and they went to the school where she was a student. it must be a tough day there. >> reporter: it is a tough day here and as you can see this is the growing memorial of flowers and teddy bears and candles for this 13-year-old girl and it has shaken the community no question. they are pretty silent in terms of any information on this death being released but the latest is coming up and fairfield police will layout any possible leads in this case. the 13-year-old student lived with her foster parents a few miles away. investigators were on hand acting as a liaison looking for any further information. >> we are confident what happened had nothing to do with the school or any school related activities. parents
this is the ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >>> a dead body was found here. nobody would feel safe if it happened in their town or city. >> reporter: fairfield police are canvassing the streets looking for answers in the death of a 13-year-old girl. i am torii campbell, the city of fairfield is mourning the death of a 13-year-old girl killed three days ago and they went to the school where she was a student. it must be a tough day there. >> reporter: it is a tough day here and...
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. >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> the debate over gun safety leads to a bay area debate over certain ammo and a ruling was made moments ago. good afternoon, i am tori campbell. the debate over guns and ammo is heating up in san francisco. new at noon sal castaneda joins us live with the new proposals that could be the target of lawsuits. we understand a vote has just been taken. >> reporter: that's right, tori,es a expected the committee did move that vote out of committee and if approved and it is approved by the full board of supervisors, if it is approved it would change the way ammo is bought and sold in san francisco. the mayor and the police chief and supervisor are pushing legislation to ban the sale of certain types of ammo and keep track of anyone who buys more than a certain amount. under the new rules hollow point bullets and bullets that expand after being fired would not be legal within the city and county of san francisco. the mayor says that type of ammo has no place in the city and the supervisor says momentum be
. >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> the debate over gun safety leads to a bay area debate over certain ammo and a ruling was made moments ago. good afternoon, i am tori campbell. the debate over guns and ammo is heating up in san francisco. new at noon sal castaneda joins us live with the new proposals that could be the target of lawsuits. we understand a vote has just been taken. >> reporter: that's right, tori,es a...
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ktvu's sal castanedo joins us live from the headquarters where the team gathered one final time. good afternoon, sal. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. today was the last day as the santa clara training facility. the players flew back from new orleans last night and they arrived here to clean out their lockers. they cleaned out the lockers and said goodbye, joked around with the press, suitcases wering ad. for some this could have been the last time they had a shot of winning it all. some even thanked the fans. >> it's gone take a lot of hard work like it did this past year. we'll just have to do more and make sure we win. >> it wasn't our time. it wasn't our time. last year, we made some progress from where we were. this year we -- grow progress from where we were. this year we made more progress. >> i love all of the fans standing out. and i love all of the fans who have been here from the beginning and who are still here. >> reporter: jim harbaugh spent a little time breaking down the last few day plays of the game saying he wish he would have tried a different play. he also
ktvu's sal castanedo joins us live from the headquarters where the team gathered one final time. good afternoon, sal. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. today was the last day as the santa clara training facility. the players flew back from new orleans last night and they arrived here to clean out their lockers. they cleaned out the lockers and said goodbye, joked around with the press, suitcases wering ad. for some this could have been the last time they had a shot of winning it all....
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lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> the meteor that entered the earth's atmosphere and exploded over russia is not part of the asteroid that buzzed past the plan net. the asteroid is much large -- planet. the asteroid is much larger. it was coming from a different direction. janine de la vega is live at nasa aims in mountain view where people gathered. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon. they were showing a feed of this. now it's just a recording of what it looked like. in the last 40 minutes it came as close as it would to the dearth. just to give you an idea how big it is, we're told it is as big as the size of this entire building, half a football field. on the screen, the asteroid doesn't look that spectacular. it looks like a small dot of light. these are pictures of the astroid being scene from an observatory in australia. it's 150 feet that's been dubbed 2012 da-14. scientists say there's no chance it will hit the earth. space enthusiasts came to watch the asteroid flying by as well as nasa scientists commenting on the significance. we spoke
lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> the meteor that entered the earth's atmosphere and exploded over russia is not part of the asteroid that buzzed past the plan net. the asteroid is much large -- planet. the asteroid is much larger. it was coming from a different direction. janine de la vega is live at nasa aims in mountain view where people gathered. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon. they were showing a feed of this. now it's just a...
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ktvu had the only crew on scene. reporter claudine wong talked to both witnesses and the victims and has video of the fire as had shot flames 30 feet into the air. >> grandma? where are you at? >> reporter: you can hear a little panic in sal vau door's voice as he races to get his family out of his oakland apartment after seeing flames in the trees outside. he shot this video after 2:00 this morning. >> i told my mom to grab the baby and my grandmother and we called 911. >> reporter: he wasn't the only one called 911. so was his neighbor, tony. >> my whole house was lit up. it was lit. we're okay now. >> reporter: firefighters got the fire out quickly but the 30- foot flames still knocked out power and damaged at least two cars. the woman who owns this one didn't what to go -- didn't want to go on camera but we were there when she saw -- when she saw it for the first time. >> i just got a phone call this morning like five minutes ago and she told me that it looked like my car that was in the fire because she recogniz
ktvu had the only crew on scene. reporter claudine wong talked to both witnesses and the victims and has video of the fire as had shot flames 30 feet into the air. >> grandma? where are you at? >> reporter: you can hear a little panic in sal vau door's voice as he races to get his family out of his oakland apartment after seeing flames in the trees outside. he shot this video after 2:00 this morning. >> i told my mom to grab the baby and my grandmother and we called 911....
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we'll keep you posted on the ktvu news at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. we're live from yerba buena island, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. >>> investigators in rohnert park are working to figure out what started a huge fire in a vacant home. alex savidge is live at the scene. it sounds like squatters were staying there. >> reporter: a lot of neighbors complain the about people camping out at -- complaining about people stamping out in the home. fire investigators have the house now taped off as they do their investigation and an assistant chief with rohnert park said it was like lib the squatters to started this fire accidentally. >> this is our neighbor's house. >> reporter: cell phone video from a neighbor captured the huge flames overnight that burned through this vacant home in rohnert park. kelly clark shot the video and couldn't believe the size of this fire. >> huge flames. you could see the flames were probably 25 to 30 feet, maybe more. you can see they went up to the tree. >> reporter: this home has been empty for the pa
we'll keep you posted on the ktvu news at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. we're live from yerba buena island, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. >>> investigators in rohnert park are working to figure out what started a huge fire in a vacant home. alex savidge is live at the scene. it sounds like squatters were staying there. >> reporter: a lot of neighbors complain the about people camping out at -- complaining about people stamping out in the home. fire...
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ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live from the toll plaza to explain what's happening. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: good afternoon, the golden gate district just announced the new website today. here is a sneak peek. it lays out all of your payment options for you, fastrack, license plate or pay a toll invoice. that's really the interesting option here. that's because instead of paying for a violation notice which is typically about $25, you will only be paying $6 instead. now, for the toll, you will have 21 days to pay the cost, and again, it's only going to be $6. this morning, crews were installing the l.e.d. signs on the golden gate bridge. all of the cameras and fastrack boards have been in place for years. the district says since it first announced the new all- electronic payment system, nearly 160 people have signed up online. richard brown and his wife are visiting from maryland and they were excited about the invoice option because it cuts back on traffic. >> actually, in the long run, it makes sense. we plan to come back next year. it was like oh, i know
ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live from the toll plaza to explain what's happening. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: good afternoon, the golden gate district just announced the new website today. here is a sneak peek. it lays out all of your payment options for you, fastrack, license plate or pay a toll invoice. that's really the interesting option here. that's because instead of paying for a violation notice which is typically about $25, you will only be paying $6 instead. now, for the...
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i am tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a san francisco bomb squad is facing headquarters in wells fargo bank, somebody discovered the package at 420 month come are you, so far there is no word on what is inside the package and no word on when montgomery street will reopen. >> reporter: i am alex savage, was it a coach being a coach or was it simply unnecessary, you will hear what people are saying about it coming up. >>> steve paulson will talk about the changes coming up including rain. >>> and kids television, the one thing kids can do to help improve your young child's behavior. . >>> the bay area condominium market is booming. sales are at the highest level since 2008 and they have jumped 3 5% from a year earlier. condos are still being constructed. >>> $85 billion, an across the board spending cuts are being dealt with, but lawmakers are on holiday and will not reconvene until next week. they will avoid a sequester but the -- but they say the president already got attacks increase last month. >> the sequester is sort of a hammer. >> that will not work, we can't just
i am tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a san francisco bomb squad is facing headquarters in wells fargo bank, somebody discovered the package at 420 month come are you, so far there is no word on what is inside the package and no word on when montgomery street will reopen. >> reporter: i am alex savage, was it a coach being a coach or was it simply unnecessary, you will hear what people are saying about it coming up. >>> steve paulson will talk about the...
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live here in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> drivers in mountain view are being asked to slow down after a student was hit in a crosswalk. it happened yesterday morning on south shoreline boulevard. the 17-year-old boy who was walking to mountain view academy is expected to be okay. police say the driver was at fault for failing to yield. they've recently stepped up enforcement onshore line. >> we've had police officers go out in regular clothes, usually a brightly colored shirt, and walk across the crosswalk to see if there's people violating the right of way, and when they do, them tickets. >> officers have been also patrolling nearby castro seat where students were hit. police say more decoy operations are planned. >>> new at noon, activists called on the berkley police department to release information about the in custody death of a 41-year-old christopher moore. >> this investigation must be transparent. this means the public must be informed of its progress to the maximum amounts permissible by law. >> police say he may have suffered from mental health problems and say the f
live here in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> drivers in mountain view are being asked to slow down after a student was hit in a crosswalk. it happened yesterday morning on south shoreline boulevard. the 17-year-old boy who was walking to mountain view academy is expected to be okay. police say the driver was at fault for failing to yield. they've recently stepped up enforcement onshore line. >> we've had police officers go out in regular clothes, usually a brightly colored...